Electrically-lighted sewing machine



Julyv21, 1925. 1,546,619

D. H. cHAsoN I ELECTRICALLY LIGHTED SEWING MACHINE.

Fil-Gd 511g! 5 1924 Patented July 2.1, 1'925.

lullSuTlin STA PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL H. CHASON, lOIF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, `ASSIGrN'Old TO THE SINGER MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF ELIZABETH, 4NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION 'OF NEW JERSEY. f

'nLEcrnmALLY-Lrenrnn snwr'no MACHINE.

Application mea august 5, 1924. seriai no.' 730,135.

of New'Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements infElectrically- Lighted Sewing Machines, of which the following is a specificatioinfreference being ,had

therein to `the accompanying drawingsrllns invention relates to electrically lighted sewing machines and has for an ob`.

ject to provide a sewing machine with an eiiicient lighting device of thetype represented in the Patent to Diehl, No. 1.488,233,'

'of March 25, 1924, but which need not be shifted from operative position when the armside cover-plate i'sturned to uncover the opening customarily provided adjacent a single screw be used to secure the bracke the bend ofthe sewing machine gooseneck foraccess'to the mechanism within the lat-.-

ter. l

Another object of the invention is to provide aY simple, neat and inconspicuous mounting for the lighting device of suchV a nature as to prevent sagging of the lighting device from its normal or horizontall operative position.

. Further objects ofthe invention will appear from the following description and claims. I

, To the attainment of the ends in View the supporting bracket for the usual lampsocket, lamp and reflector elements is made separate yfrom the cover-plate and is formed with a small foot-portion which isv recessed inthe outer wallof the gooseneck beneath the side cover-plate, so that said cover-plate will conceal the foot of said bracket as well as the means by which such foot is secured.` The recess 1n the gooseto the gooseneck. neck is preferably in the form of a horizontally disposed slot and one or more of the side edges of the bracket foot are preferably fitted to side wall portions of the slot, thus preventing sagging of. the lamp even ,thc-ugh tothe sewing machine gooseneck.

sewing machine embodying the invention".

lF'ig. 2 is. a fragmentary vertical section through the side opening adjacent the bend ling device.

of the sewing machine gooseneck, looking in a direction toward the free end of the gooseneck. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary horizontal sectionl through the gocseneck and lampof the sewing machine from which rises the vertical member 2 of the usual gooseneck 8 terminating at its free .end'in the usual head 4 in which the usualneedle-bar 5 and presser-bar 6 are7--mounted- The gooseneck 8 is formed Lin its rea-r side, adja` cent its bend, `with the usual opening .7, which 1s normally closed by the removable cover-plate 8 secured in position by the thumb-screw 9. The cover-plate 8 is some?4 what larger thanA the vopening 7 and covers' the raised rim portion 10 of therear side wall of the gooseneck adjacentl suchv opening. The rim 10` of the opening 7 is formed with a recess 11, preferably in the form of a horizontal slot having side walls 12, adapted tovreceive the foot 13 of a bracket to whose body-portion 14 is secured the horizontallyv disposed lamp-socket- 15` Vcarrying the usual lamp-bulb 16 and reflector 17. The foot 13 preferably has its side' edges 18 fitted to the side walls 12 of the recess 11 to,

prevent sagging of ,the lamp and bracket around the" single fastening screw 19.

The bracket 14 is formed with *an opening 2 0 through which passes'fthe nipple 2l l having at one end the head 22 and at its opposite endithreaded into the lamp-socket 15.

A felt bushing 23 and felt washers 24 .oper-` ate to cushion the lamp and soften the char. acter of the vibration transmitted to the lamp from the sewing machine. Rotary displacement ofl the lamp-socket is prevented by means of the p in 25 which is fined to the bracket 14 and enters a notch 26 the l*head 22 of the nipple.

By virtue of the present improvement, a

substitute,covere-plate is not required in lin the accompanying (lrawlngs, llig. 1 1s a'perspective view of an electrically lightedA eqi'lpping a sewing machine lwith the lightarily provided by the sewing machine manufacturer to close the opening in the 'gooseneck may still be used, and such cover-plate The same cover-plate custom-` llllllv may be swung to expose the openingin the gooseneck without disturbing the light in any way. Having thus set forthA lthe nature of the invention, what I claim herein is- 1. The combination with a hollow sewinvn machine gooseneck having an aperture an a cover-plate removably closing said aperture, of a lighting device including a bracket having a foot-portion recessed in said hollow gooseneckand concealed by said cover-plate.

2. The combination with a hollow sewing machine gooseneck having an opening in its rear side adjacent its bend and a horizon'- .tally extendingy slot in its outer wall adjacent said opening, of a cover-plate removably closing said opening and covering said slot7 and alighting attachment comprising a bracket having a foot-portion itted to and Secured Vin said slot and concealed by said cover-plate, said lighting attachment also including a lamp-socket extending vhorizontally toward the free end of said gooseneck.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specicati0n.

DANIEL H. oHAsoN. 

